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| Figure 3: Gills of Pholiota limonella |
Name:
Pholiota limonella
Common
name: Golden Pholiota
Family:
Strophariaceae
Habitat:
On fallen down log in forest
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
yellow-orange slime ball, growing on
mostly trees and fallen down logs. Little girls might emerge from the stumps in
older mushrooms. Spore print rusty brown to brown color.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged….2
2b-spore
print another color other than white or yellow….10
10b-
spore print not pinkish in color….16
16b-
spore print not green or olive….19
19a-
spore print blackish….20
20b-
gills not decurrent….21
21b-not
auto-digesting gills or cap…22
22b….Veil
not present….23
23a-
cap brightly colored…. Strophariaceae p. 367
Key
to genera:
1a-
spore print dark brown/ rusty brown…. Pholiota p.384
Key
to Species:
1b-
not growing in ashes…3
3b-
cap is not blue…4
4a-
Growing on wood….5
5b-
Cap is not bright orange…6
6b-
not growing while snow is melting…7
7b-Stalk
skinnier…8
8b-
both cap and stalk not yellowish in features…9
9a-
cap bright yellow to orange…10
10b-
slimy when moist….Pholiota aurivella group and others p. 390
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Camarophyllus virgineus gills and stalk |
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| Figure 2: Camarophyllus virgineus top of cap |
Name:
Camarophyllus virgineus
Common
name: Snowy Waxcap
Family:
Hygrophoraceae
Habitat:
Wood edge found in brambles
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Flesh is white along with spore print.
Not a distinctive odor. Gills are white and fleshy.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged…2
2b-spore
print not yellow…3
3b-niether
volva or gills present….4
4b-veil
not present and gills are attached….6
6b-no
exuding latex….8
8b-fruiting
body is not rigid…9
9a-
Gills soft and clean, cap bright, stalk central….Hygrophoraceae p.103
Key
to genera and species:
1b-
fruiting body is not white…2
2a-fruiting
body pale yellow when fresh….3
3b-stalk
not viscid….7
7b-
cap distinctly conical….10
10b-
not growing in grass….11
11b-odor
mild….12
12b-gill
hyphae not parallel….13
13cap
not viscid….15
15b-not
growing in groups….16
16a-
cap dry and yellowish tinge on fruiting body….Camarophyllus virgineus
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Hypholoma fasciculare size |
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| Figure 2: Hypholoma fasciculare cap and stalk, gills are almost completely degraded |
Name:
Hypholoma fasciculare
Common
name: Sulfer Tuft
Family: Strophariaceae
Habitat:
On dead fallen down log
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Spore print is darkish
purple-black-brown. Cap is almost completely flat/convex. Gills are attached to
stem and stem is thin. Flesh is yellow.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged….2
2b-spore
print another color other than white or yellow….10
10b-
spore print not pinkish in color….16
16b-
spore print not green or olive….19
19a-
spore print blackish….20
20b-
gills not decurrent….21
21b-not
auto-digesting gills or cap…22
22b….Veil
not present….23
23a-
cap brightly colored…. Strophariaceae p. 367
Key
to genera:
1b-Spore
print purple-brown-black….2
2b-no
staining of blue or green….3
3b-not
growing on dung or manure….6
6b-veil
absent….7
7b-cap
whitish….8
8b-cap
not viscid….Namatoloma p. 381
Key
to species:
1b-Cap
not brick-red….2
2b-cap
is not orange or red…3
3b-
fruiting body not fragile….4
4a-grwoing
in clusters on wood…5
5a-gills
yellow….N. fasciculare p. 382
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Russula mariae cap |
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| Figure 2: Russula mariae underside of cap showing gills a |
Name:
Russula mariae
Common
name: Purple-bloom Russula
Family:
Russulaceae
Habitat:
Found on ground under an oak tree.
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Spore print is creamy in color. Purple
cap and almost a completely flat top. Gills are white and creamy colored. Gills
are also connected to stem.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged…2
2a-spore
print white to yellowish…3
3b-neither
volva nor warts present….4
4b-veil
absent….6
6b-gills
platelike….7
7a-stalk
thicker than 3m…Russulaceae p.63
Key
to genera:
1b-Latex
absent…Russula p. 83
Key
to species:
1b-none
of combining characteristics…10
10b-Fruiting
body is not firm or hard…11
11b-
odor is not heavy….12
12b-
cap not red and dark black…13
13b-no
staining gray to ashy or black…17
17b-cap
not bright yellow…18
18b-cap
not whitish…23
23b-taste
mild…32
32b-cap
not dry…34
34b-cap
has greenish tones…38
38a-cap
small and purple…R. mariae p.96
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Cap of Aborted Entalom |
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| Figure 2: Flesh of Entoloma abortivum |
Name:
Entoloma abortivum
Common
name: Aborted Entolom
Family:
Entolomataceae
Habitat:
On fallen down tree
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Steal gray coloration. Gills are attached to stem and cap is usually found
convex/flat. Spore print is pink. Flesh is white.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged….2
2b-spore
print another color other than white or yellow….10
10a-spore
print is pinkish/red…11
11b-volva
typically absent…12
12b-gills
not free…13
13b-odor
is not strong…14
14b-spore
print deeper in color…15
15b-spores
widely distributed…Entolomataceae p.238
Key
to genera:
1b-growing
on wood…2
2b-stalk
present and central….7
7b-gills
not purple…8
8b-
spores not angular…9
9b-cap
and stalk not blue…12
12b-fruiting
body not small or white…13
13b-cap
not hairy…14
14a-stalk
fleshy…15
15b-spore
print deep pinkish coloration…16
16b-cap
is not bell shaped…Entoloma p.242
Key to
species:
1b-cap
not red-brown…2
2a-
cap gray-brown….E. abortivum
Fungi
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| Figure 1: Oudemansiella radicata underside of cap showing gills |
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| Figure 2: Cap of Oudemansiella radicata |
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| Figure 3: Oudemansiella radicata entire mushroom |
Name:
Collybia radicata/Oudemansiella radicata
Common
name: Poached Egg fungus
Family:
Physalacriaceae
Habitat:
Around a stump of a dead tree
Location:
Hiram College Field Station
Date: 10/16/2016
Description:
Tall and thin stalks. No stem ring
present on this sample. Gills are white and spore print are cream/yellow
colored.
Key
Used: Arora, David. 1986. Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the
fleshy fungi. Berkley: Ten Speed Press.
Keying
Steps:
Introduction
key….52
Basidiomycetes….Fruiting
body with cap, gilled…AGARICS..p. 58
1b-spores
forcibly discharged….2
2b-spore
print another color other than white or yellow….10
10a-
spore print is pinkish…11
11b-volva
absent….12
12b-gills
are not free….13
13b-odor
is not strong….14
14a-spore
print pinkish…..Tricholomataceae p. 129
Key
to genera:
1b-Not
growing on other mushrooms…2
2b-fruiting
body not pink…3
3b-stalk
present and well developed…6
6b-no
tuber present…7
7b-veil
absent…8
8b-veil
absent…9
9b-gills
and stalks have no bruising…10
10b-stalk
thin…23
23b-not
bell-shaped cap…24
24b-not
translucent-striate cap when moist…25
25b-gills
are not purple…26
26b-not
small cap…27
27a-gills
adnate to decurrent…28
28b-gills
and cap are not pale yellowish color…29
29a-
stalk thin…Maramius, Collybia and Allies p.201
Key
to species:
1b-growing
on ground and wood…5
5b-stalk
lacking side branching…6
6b-not
always growing on other mushrooms…7
7b-not
a short stalk…8
8b-gills
not violet or lilac…10
10b-odor
not like garlic…12
12b-cap
doesn’t have hairs…13
13b-
odor is not fetid…14
14b-
odor is not sweet…16
16b-not
growing in grass…17
17a-stalk
with tapered underground tap root…18
18a-cap
yellowish brown…Oudemansiella radicata
